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truancy

[troo-uhn-see] / ˈtru ən si /


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More than 50 members of staff at Tewkesbury Academy in Gloucestershire first walked out on Wednesday as one teacher said truancy was "rife" at the school.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

Assembly Bill 461 would end the treatment of truancy as a crime under state law.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2025

“This truancy ends now,” Abbott said in a letter sent to each of the departed members.

From Salon • Aug. 4, 2025

But they said the Academy Transformation Trust, which runs the school, had taken "decisive action" to address "unacceptable standards of behaviour and internal truancy".

From BBC • May 16, 2025

Also, nobody wants a truancy ticket for slapping a class that you don’t have to go to.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith




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